The firm has successfully assisted numerous public and private entities in economic development and growth management activities. Mr. Broughton’s environmental litigation practice spans the full range of the environmental arena and includes defending clients in civil and administrative enforcement actions; challenging regulatory authority rules; private party and citizen suit litigation; and first-party and third-party administrative appeals before regulatory authority tribunals.
We partner with our clients to forge creative and cost effective compliance solutions in matters ranging from case-specific regulatory interpretation problems to broader strategic planning and compliance system development. Our public utility district client has needed assistance with property transactions, project development and permitting, condemnations, natural resource management, fiber optic broadband deployment along with legislative and regulatory policy development.
In western Washington the firm serves clients in obtaining, amending and transferring water rights. We assist in obtaining permits for new sources of supply. This requires the ability to address issues arising under the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, and various laws and treaties relating to Native American water right and fishery resource claims. We have assisted clients in complying with the Safe Drinking Water Act through creative financing, restructuring and regulatory solutions, and achieving municipal and private client goals through innovative solutions
The firm also assists property developers, lenders and asset managers in the following areas:
- Providing regulatory advice, including analysis of whether current practices conform to regulatory requirements.
- Drafting appropriate protective covenants in purchase and sale documents, loan documents and leases, including representations, warranties and indemnities.
- Working with environmental consultants to evaluate and minimize potential liabilities in real estate transactions and other business transactions.
- Reviewing and revising lease provisions to ensure that they contain protective provisions, such as rights of inspection and termination.
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